python unit test with mock

Asked Jul 20 '16 at 17:41

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Following is the pseudo code I was about to do a python unit test:

def my_method():
    run asynchronous_job, which will write to output_file when it's done
    while True:
        if output_file was written (by asynchronous_job):
            break
        else:
            sleep one second

I was trying to get asynchronous_job mocked up, but then I don't know how to test the while loop behavior because output_file will never been written with asynchronous_job mocked. What is the best way to do the unit test for my_method regarding this issue?

edited Jul 20 '16 at 18:08

asked Jul 20 '16 at 17:41

Hailiang Zhang

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Your title says you are using mocker, but your tags suggest you are using `unittest.mock` from the Python 3 stdlib (backported as `mock`). Which one is it? – Martijn Pieters Jul 20 '16 at 17:47
Tag modified. Thanks! – Hailiang Zhang Jul 20 '16 at 17:55

python unit test with mock

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